Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 15:30 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Force                           2814 Matt Hagan                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  3.940 330.88                     0.072 13.019  75.31
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.098  3.913 326.95      (S Langdon   ) 0.061  3.939 320.89
E1    (J Lindberg  ) 0.089  3.858 329.58      (B Bode      ) 0.182  3.892 329.02
 Qualified:             #3  3.876 332.67                        #2  3.874 327.66

3:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 3,022 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Force is 24 - 18 against Hagan in prior events.

Hagan's tires shake loose as soon as he went to full throttle.

Force goes to the second final of the year with a strong ET and big speed. Nice!

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.909 sec., 330ft-2.283, 660ft-3.203/280.89 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 J.R. Todd                               7 Jack Beckman                 
E3                   0.065  4.547 193.71     ****WINNER****  0.076  4.065 250.09
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Martin    ) 0.089  3.900 329.10      (B Tasca III ) 0.070  3.922 325.61
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.079  3.918 326.56      (J Schriefer ) 0.097  3.899 328.86
 Qualified:             #5  3.883 331.20                        #1  3.861 330.07

Todd and Beckman have each won 5 times against the other in prior events.

Beckman is the first driver to beat Todd at Indy! Todd's three in a row isn't going to happen!

Todd is away first and stays there until right before the 330 lights. The Camry gets in traction problems near the 660 lights and slows.

Beckman's Charger only gets a little further until it is loose too.

Force will have lane choice in the final round.

3:27 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink